GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| whimsy | whim |